Sunday, January 31, 2010
Blocks
Tiger & I play with blocks a lot. The process of building and knocking it all down is so satisfying. I was looking at old photos and thinking about how important the ideas of building and construction are in my art. Maybe it's about finding balance. There's something ethereal about the experience. Maybe it's about finding the basic core of things. Anyway, here are some pics.
Monday, January 25, 2010
As the art object returns...
Signs as meaning structures
"I was at the last vestige of the sign. The sign no longer really meant anything. It was no longer a part of the meaning structure and so the question was, do I need it at all? How do I paint a painting without a mark, as such?"
Robert Irwin
Dispensing with traditional craft based forms of art allows the intellectual to relax, knowing that they will not be pressed to produce an object which reveals their level of skill and training in traditional art forms. The suggestion that craft may be re-emerging as an important element of new art presents a conundrum for those that have triumphed the ideals of conceptualism and the passe nature of any art that leans toward aesthetic decoration. What would be the role of an artist that cannot draw or paint well enough to produce a convincing representational work in an art world whose tastes have traveled away from sheer conceptual wrangling toward a hybrid form of art that requires an artist to incorporate the emotive language of traditional craft along with a depth of contextual intentionality? The answer is that they would struggle to keep up.
"I was at the last vestige of the sign. The sign no longer really meant anything. It was no longer a part of the meaning structure and so the question was, do I need it at all? How do I paint a painting without a mark, as such?"
Robert Irwin
Dispensing with traditional craft based forms of art allows the intellectual to relax, knowing that they will not be pressed to produce an object which reveals their level of skill and training in traditional art forms. The suggestion that craft may be re-emerging as an important element of new art presents a conundrum for those that have triumphed the ideals of conceptualism and the passe nature of any art that leans toward aesthetic decoration. What would be the role of an artist that cannot draw or paint well enough to produce a convincing representational work in an art world whose tastes have traveled away from sheer conceptual wrangling toward a hybrid form of art that requires an artist to incorporate the emotive language of traditional craft along with a depth of contextual intentionality? The answer is that they would struggle to keep up.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010
There's an article/interview in the new Juxtapoz. Check it out if you get a chance. Aside from some questionable editing and grammar (& them attributing my Ed Ruscha quote to "Edward Shay"!) I'm pretty happy about it.
Times, they are a'changin'!
I think having Mr. Deitch here is gonna be really fun. I can't wait to see what he's got up his sleeves!
I think having Mr. Deitch here is gonna be really fun. I can't wait to see what he's got up his sleeves!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
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